¨read a variety of fiction and non-fiction
materials (e.g., novels, short stories, poetry, essays, articles) for
different purposes;

¨read aloud, showing understanding of the
material and awareness of the audience;

¨identify the main ideas in information
materials, explain how the details support the main ideas, and question and
evaluate the ideas in the material;

Materials

¨The Cay
novel, Lesson Plan

Method

¨Begin with sentence starters, ask student to be
creative

1.
Living in a place without seasons...

2.
When submarines attack..

¨Take up as a class

¨Have students remove their chairs and sit on
their desks for the majority of the period

¨Read Chapter 3

¨Students sit back in their desks

¨Complete discussion questions from teacher
manual:

1.How
was Phillip’s mother different after the torpedoing? Why do you suppose this
is? (page 29, She was calm, talked quietly, her hands were not shaking and she
gave good directions.)

2.How
did Phillip describe Timothy when he first saw him? (page 31 “huge very old
Negro . . .His nose was flat and his face was broad; his head was a mass of
wiry gray hair.” Page 33, “ . . .Muscles rippled over the ebony of his arms and
around his shoulders. His chest was thick and his neck was the size of a small
tree. The skin of his hands and feet were alligatored and cracked.”)

3.Why
do you think Timothy called Phillip “young bahss”? (page 33)

4.Why
didn’t Phillip’s mother like black people? (prejudice- “They are not the same
as you, Phillip. They are different and they live differently.”)

5.Why
did Phillip begin to think his mother was right about black people? (page 37
Because Timothy would not give him all the water he wanted.)

¨Extension: have students write a monologue from
the perspective of Phillip about what has happened so far

¨Have students copy out vocabulary words

Assessment

Comprehension Questions, informal observation

IEP

Storyboarding

Chapter 3 Vocabulary

Found on page

Vocabulary Word

Definition

(29)

Torpedoed

To be hit by submarine explosive devices

(30)

Ignited

To light on fire

(32)

Trench

A deep ditch.

(33)

ebony

The color black

(34)

despair

To lose all hope

(37)

Defiantly

Strongly resisting

(30)

Sextant

A navigational instrument

(31)

Haunches

the top of a person's legs

(32)

Welt

A ridge or bump on the skin caused by a lash or blow or
sometimes by an allergic reaction.

(33)

Alligatored

Like an alligator

(36)

outrageous

offensive or indecent

(38)

Deftly

Quick and skillful

(30)

lubricating

To make slippery or smooth.

(32)

Alabaster

A pale yellowish pink to yellowish gray.

(32)

Calypso

A type of music that originated in the West
Indies, notably in Trinidad, and is
characterized by improvised lyrics on broadly humorous subjects.

(34)

Cleats

A strip of wood or iron used to strengthen or support the
surface to which it is attached.